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CVE-2012-4684 The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different character representations of the same signature data, but relies on a hash of this signature, which allows remote att...

HighCVSS 7.8 EPSS 2.9%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different character representations of the same signature data, but relies on a hash of this signature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a valid modified signature for a circulating alert.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
bitcoin-qt = 0.6.3 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.3.4 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.3.5 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.3.8 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.3.10 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.3.11 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.3.12 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.4.0 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.4.1 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.4.1-rc6 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.4.2 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.4.3 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.4.4 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.4.4-rc2 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.4.5 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.4.6 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.4.7-rc2 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.5.0-rc No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.5.3 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.5.3.1 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.5.4 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.5.5 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.5.6-rc2 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.6.0.1 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.6.0.2 No fix listed
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
bitcoin core = 0.6.0.3 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.6.0.4 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.6.0.5 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.6.0.6 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.6.0.7 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.6.0.8 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.6.1 No fix listed
bitcoin core = 0.6.2 No fix listed
bitcoind = 0.6.3 No fix listed
bitcoin wxbitcoin = 0.3.4 No fix listed
bitcoin wxbitcoin = 0.3.5 No fix listed
bitcoin wxbitcoin = 0.3.8 No fix listed
bitcoin wxbitcoin = 0.3.10 No fix listed
bitcoin wxbitcoin = 0.3.11 No fix listed
bitcoin wxbitcoin = 0.4.0 No fix listed
bitcoin wxbitcoin = 0.4.1 No fix listed
bitcoin wxbitcoin = 0.4.1-rc6 No fix listed
bitcoin wxbitcoin = 0.5.0-rc No fix listed

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